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year. >> i think as you think, there's not a pressing reason to be reducing the debt dramatically right now. they're going to off set it and the question is, if they choose an off set that is better or worse than having a medical device tax. >> you have covered the first few weeks. your reporter has done an amazing job on this. you and i have both talked about the fact they have stopped, in the absence of a shutdown, have been a brutal two weeks of press. >> this should have been -- they've actually managed to make obama care, when i was talking to white house people four months ago, if i would have said to them, you're going to for two weeks, nobody can sign up. they would say, that would be a disaster. they would begin shaking at the table. that's what they had and instead, all anybody talks about is a shutdown and obama care is -- >> that's the best part. in the nbc news poll -- msnbc policy analyst ezra klein. joining me now, senior adviser for communications and strategy. david, i was
year. >> i think as you think, there's not a pressing reason to be reducing the debt dramatically right now. they're going to off set it and the question is, if they choose an off set that is better or worse than having a medical device tax. >> you have covered the first few weeks. your reporter has done an amazing job on this. you and i have both talked about the fact they have stopped, in the absence of a shutdown, have been a brutal two weeks of press. >> this should have...
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of you who do not believe this continuing resolution should be passed clean without some changes in obama care? >> first off, thanks for having me on. >> my pleasure. >> the continuing resolution has before the 30th of september in the fiscal lapse occurred at the end of the fiscal year, there were three compromise that went over to the senate in the last week. all were rejected. the final offer was lets go to conference. that was rejected as well. that set the stage for where we are here at the end of this week. there have been a number of appropriations bills go over, be passed to the house and go over to the senate. they are awaiting further action. certainly the senate can take them up at any point they want. your last guests comments about the national institute of health, i hope those comments were directed to the senate because that's where the appropriations bill sits right now. >> the senate's position is, the president's position is you're not going to fund the government piecemeal take one from column a, column b. the entire government is shut down and needs to be reopened with
of you who do not believe this continuing resolution should be passed clean without some changes in obama care? >> first off, thanks for having me on. >> my pleasure. >> the continuing resolution has before the 30th of september in the fiscal lapse occurred at the end of the fiscal year, there were three compromise that went over to the senate in the last week. all were rejected. the final offer was lets go to conference. that was rejected as well. that set the stage for where...
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a year later, you had two completely different circumstances for a totally different office but for the same results. the democrat won by three percentage points. this, despite the fact the candidates were in no way similar. the glad-handing mcauliffe, a year before he spent time attacking him in the primary. and ken cuccinelli is a social issue's warrior, in a way that the pro-choice mitt romney never was. forget what you might have heard from the most important elections are not about obama care or the ads or the candidates themselves. they're about who came out to vote. and understand that helps us understand the defining question of progressive politics looking forward. will the obama coalition remain intact when barack obama himself is no longer on the ballot. joining me, professor of sociology, the author of going solo, surprising appeal of living alone. columnist and progressive activist. i want to begin with you, your book is excellent. we talked about it before. here are the splits, married and unmarried, which are just remarkable splits, out of virginia, married women went for
a year later, you had two completely different circumstances for a totally different office but for the same results. the democrat won by three percentage points. this, despite the fact the candidates were in no way similar. the glad-handing mcauliffe, a year before he spent time attacking him in the primary. and ken cuccinelli is a social issue's warrior, in a way that the pro-choice mitt romney never was. forget what you might have heard from the most important elections are not about obama...
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at least tas long as obama is president. it will be a bumpy first year. the net result is that there will end up being, by march, fewer people in the risk pool or in the exchanges, rather, than were anticipated. it might not be the same mix that was anticipated. rates might not be as low as they thought. so, it could be a bumpy first year. but there will be a second year and a third year. >> steve and eugene, thank you both for joining me tonight. >>> coming up, how all this started this week with the words of bill clinton. and why did he say that? >>> later joining me to discuss the policies, new fixes being thrown around in the house and senate and the president's idea. and, of course, toronto's mayor has worked his way back in the rewrite tonight. he had to rewrite himself today after he said something very special at an impromptu news conference this morning. we have gotten msnbc sencensorso because with power ports... and wi-fi... and in-seat entertainment, for everyone on board, now when you fly, time flies too. (flight attendant) sir, we're about t
at least tas long as obama is president. it will be a bumpy first year. the net result is that there will end up being, by march, fewer people in the risk pool or in the exchanges, rather, than were anticipated. it might not be the same mix that was anticipated. rates might not be as low as they thought. so, it could be a bumpy first year. but there will be a second year and a third year. >> steve and eugene, thank you both for joining me tonight. >>> coming up, how all this...
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we have been with the white house and we are on the ballot next year, not president obama. don't be surprised if the white house endorses something. maybe it's the landry bill. that is the most likely vehicle for any fix. that would allow individuals to keep plans they have as of december 31st of this year while requiring them to document ways in which current plan do not meet the law's minimum coverage requirement. >> my bill does not undermine the affordable care act. it does say that promise needs to be kept and it's disappointing to all of us and the people we served that it hasn't been rolled out better. the president assures us that it's being worked on and being fix and we are pausching to make sure that happens. >> the bill picked up another cosponsor yesterday and not from a red state, but a blue state. yesterday colorado's mark udahl introduced a bill to allow americans on the individual market to keep their plans for two years if they want to. today senate democrats will get their own venting session and get to meet with dennis mcdonough. all of this hammering ha
we have been with the white house and we are on the ballot next year, not president obama. don't be surprised if the white house endorses something. maybe it's the landry bill. that is the most likely vehicle for any fix. that would allow individuals to keep plans they have as of december 31st of this year while requiring them to document ways in which current plan do not meet the law's minimum coverage requirement. >> my bill does not undermine the affordable care act. it does say that...
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hear his unexpected thoughts on president obama and speaker boehner. a full interview will air tomorrow but some of the stuff i want to get to today. today's trivia question. whose record did congressman john dingell break to become the longest serving member of the house of representatives in u.s. history? the first person to tweet the correct answer to me will get the on-air shoutshout-out. the answer and more coming up after the break. ♪ [ grunts ] yowza! that's why i eat belvita at breakfast. it's made with delicious ingredients and carefully baked to release steady energy that lasts... we are golfing now, buddy! [ grunts ] ...all morning long. i got it! for the win! uno mas! getting closer! belvita breakfast biscuits -- steady energy to do what i do all morning long. >>> developing now in our special two-hour show that we're wha packing into one hour, you're looking at the house oversight committee being held on the irs. treasury inspector general for tax administration russell george and acting irs commissioner danny werfel are testifying again
hear his unexpected thoughts on president obama and speaker boehner. a full interview will air tomorrow but some of the stuff i want to get to today. today's trivia question. whose record did congressman john dingell break to become the longest serving member of the house of representatives in u.s. history? the first person to tweet the correct answer to me will get the on-air shoutshout-out. the answer and more coming up after the break. ♪ [ grunts ] yowza! that's why i eat belvita at...
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three years later mackey is back. he's changed his mind a little bit. >> technically speaking, it's more like fascism. socialism is where that government owns the means of production. in fascism the government doesn't own the means of production, but they do control it. and that's what's happening with the health care program and with these reforms. >> well, as you can imagine, whole foods' left-leaning customer base didn't take too kindly to that label either. mackey is already walking it back. >> i regret using that word now because it's got so much baggage attached to it from the middle of the 21st -- 20th century when you had germany and italy and spain that were fascist and people still associate that with it. of course i was just using the standard dictionary definition. >> merriam webster dictionary defines fascism as "a regime headed by a dictatorial leader that forcibly suppresses opposition." mackey, a self-professed libertarian, gets his definition from the ayn rand school of thought. listen, i believe mack
three years later mackey is back. he's changed his mind a little bit. >> technically speaking, it's more like fascism. socialism is where that government owns the means of production. in fascism the government doesn't own the means of production, but they do control it. and that's what's happening with the health care program and with these reforms. >> well, as you can imagine, whole foods' left-leaning customer base didn't take too kindly to that label either. mackey is already...
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a year ago this week, mitt romney lost the presidency. lost big, to president obama. in the wake of that loss, the republican national committee commissioned a sort of autopsy, an examination of what went wrong during the election and what the party needed to do to stop losing all these national elections and yeah, there was some process stuff. they were going to do more outreach. get themselves structured better. have better computer systems. a lot of that kind of stuff, process stuff. but the one policy prescription the republican party had for itself, the one policy idea, the one policy must was that republicans must find a way to support immigration reform. that's what the republican party told itself after losing the last election. they must find a way to say yes to immigration reform. and republicans in the senate, enough of them at least, agreed. 14 republican senators voted with the democrats when the senate passed immigration reform back in june. it was bipartisan. a bunch of republicans signed on, including some that are going to be running for president. so
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one thing he has not learned is that in the first couple of years of being in the senate, barack obama kept his head down. he didn't do national interviews, didn't do this kind of stunt, precisely every time he opened his mouth, that meant there were 20 people behind him, mostly fellow senators, who were out to get him. >> this time tomorrow night, rubio will either be a way bigger star than he is now, or there will be all of this who do we go to? it wouldn't be rubio, he can't do it. >> and he was just on the cover of "time magazine" there is this thing called peaking too early. and he is in danger of doing that. >> let's listen to what rubio said on cbs news tonight. i guess we're not going to hear it. i can read it. he said we'll lay out the republican agenda and argue that it is focused on pro-growth policies to include new jobs and immigration reform, military reform, ending obama care. he will also take on the president's inaugural address, which he described as a call for big government. >> you know, there is a problem here. mitt romney talked about middle class, and focus group
one thing he has not learned is that in the first couple of years of being in the senate, barack obama kept his head down. he didn't do national interviews, didn't do this kind of stunt, precisely every time he opened his mouth, that meant there were 20 people behind him, mostly fellow senators, who were out to get him. >> this time tomorrow night, rubio will either be a way bigger star than he is now, or there will be all of this who do we go to? it wouldn't be rubio, he can't do it....
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and they have been winning over the years. president obama was not able to resist this. at the same time, our country is not divided, but corrupted in politics. washington politics is deeply corrupted. and that's true of both parties, by the way. there's a strong majority for raising taxes on the wealthy. this is one of the results of the esquire survey. >> right. >> but why doesn't that happen? well, neither party proposes it, because both are at the trough of the wealthy and the large campaign contributors. so this is something that is systemic. it's not one senator, however obnoxious he is, and he is. but it is actually a systemic problem. >> one of the other statistics that i found interesting from this study is that 51% of those in the center feel that government should do more to solve problems and help people. and one of the things that i think -- >> normal. what we're watching is not normal. >> but professor, there seems no acknowledgment that it's the most vulnerable of our society who are being injured by this government shutdown. it's children who could be rec
and they have been winning over the years. president obama was not able to resist this. at the same time, our country is not divided, but corrupted in politics. washington politics is deeply corrupted. and that's true of both parties, by the way. there's a strong majority for raising taxes on the wealthy. this is one of the results of the esquire survey. >> right. >> but why doesn't that happen? well, neither party proposes it, because both are at the trough of the wealthy and the...
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new polls show president obama may have the upper hand. bloomberg puts the president's approval rating at a three-year high, 55%, 24 points higher than republicans in congress. >>> a new usa today/pew poll shows the approval rate not quite as high. both sides are already plaming each other the if nothing happens, 8900,000 civilian workers in the defense department are on notice they could be furloughed. the president talked about with kofr in oklahoma city. >> instead of us cutting mental health programs, instead of us affecting military readiness, and a whole range of other things, we should be focused on programs that we know don't work, waste in government and some of these tax loopholes that we could close that frankly only benefit the well off and well connected. now i need congress to act and they have nine days to do it. >>> i want to bring in chris fast-breaks and michael crowley. time is running out. who blinks? i don't know that either side blinks. both sides will go after the march 1st deadline. i was talking to a very moderate
new polls show president obama may have the upper hand. bloomberg puts the president's approval rating at a three-year high, 55%, 24 points higher than republicans in congress. >>> a new usa today/pew poll shows the approval rate not quite as high. both sides are already plaming each other the if nothing happens, 8900,000 civilian workers in the defense department are on notice they could be furloughed. the president talked about with kofr in oklahoma city. >> instead of us...
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remember a few years ago president obama was boxed in by immigration. he had put the enforcement into effect, but he hadn't sort of made the system more gentle, more welcoming. politically he was in a bad spot with latino voters. a ton of pressure. now the funny thing about the situation is that politically, just politically, this is a win for him either way. >> even the dream act was there. there was a question as to what was going to happen with that. now through executive order he is somer assaulting. >> you have bobby jindahl saying we can't be the stupid party anymore. who wins out? >> they're all wrong. they're talking about the problem with the party -- the problem with the party is policy. seven days after the election, the ohio legislature, i assume with the blessing of governor kasich passes -- defeated in mississippi. i mean, what were they thinking? what are they thinking? i think they've got to look at themselves and say we've got to control the tea party aspect of this party. we've got to get back to taking positions that ordinary american
remember a few years ago president obama was boxed in by immigration. he had put the enforcement into effect, but he hadn't sort of made the system more gentle, more welcoming. politically he was in a bad spot with latino voters. a ton of pressure. now the funny thing about the situation is that politically, just politically, this is a win for him either way. >> even the dream act was there. there was a question as to what was going to happen with that. now through executive order he is...
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gop rule is money to poor people is socialism, money to make sure agribusinesses can never have a bad year is awesome." joining me now is michael grinwald, senior correspondent for "time" magazine and author of "the new new deal: the hidden story of change in the obama era." michael, thank you very much for joining me, the anti-bad socialism crowd on the farm bill. it is just an astonishing thing to watch the way this thing sails through and both parties go for it. you know, full throttle. and i'm just talking about not the food stamp part of it, which by the way is i think the good socialism part of it. but you know, the part of it that you were raging against. it's amazing how it sails through. >> yeah. it's funny. originally, it used to be this kind of evil coalition of the sugar guys with the corn guys with the soybean guys and the cotton guys. after a while that wasn't quite enough. so they added the food stamp guys. but now in the republican caucus i guess they figure they have enough that they can just particularly lard up the farm stuff. so in their version of the farm bill there's
gop rule is money to poor people is socialism, money to make sure agribusinesses can never have a bad year is awesome." joining me now is michael grinwald, senior correspondent for "time" magazine and author of "the new new deal: the hidden story of change in the obama era." michael, thank you very much for joining me, the anti-bad socialism crowd on the farm bill. it is just an astonishing thing to watch the way this thing sails through and both parties go for it. you...
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i am a 34-year-old nba center, i'm black and i'm gay. jason collins is the first openly gay athlete on a major professional sports team in this country's 142 years of professional team sports. today he discussed his phone call with the president. >> he was incredibly supportive and he was proud of me and said that this not only affected my life but others going forward. >> last season jason collins wore jersey number 98. collins writes in "sports illustrated" the number has great significance to the gay community, one of the most notorious gay hate crimes occurred in 1998, matthew shepherd. he was kidnapped, tortured, lashed to a prairie fence. he died five days after he was finally found. >> each time i put on jersey 98 this past season i was already sort of having that moment with myself, with my family, with my friends who knew the significance of why i picked that number. >> jersey 98 format u shepherd. >> jersey 98 format u shepherd. that's why i wore jersey 98. >> joining me, matthew's parents. they have founded a foundation. thank
i am a 34-year-old nba center, i'm black and i'm gay. jason collins is the first openly gay athlete on a major professional sports team in this country's 142 years of professional team sports. today he discussed his phone call with the president. >> he was incredibly supportive and he was proud of me and said that this not only affected my life but others going forward. >> last season jason collins wore jersey number 98. collins writes in "sports illustrated" the number...
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it took them seven years to get the system going. they didn't have computers, so it shouldn't have taken as long this time. there are always these glitches with any major new program. there are no excuses for them, but we'll get past this and it does help to indicate to people that this is worth enrolling in and they should try again and they will try again. >> karen, don't you think that john's point is slightly undermined because a few democrats themselves are now appearing to side with republicans in calling for some kind of delay of the individual mandate? >> i think as this particular part of the process moves forward, that may be a conversation that has to be had. i don't think it's undermined by democrats. i think at this point it's joe manchin. what's most important is they get it working. >> jim sheheen has mentioned that possibility. >> here is the thing that's really important. i want to see us back on offense. shame on these republicans for doing this. shame on them for denying millions of americans health care. there sho
it took them seven years to get the system going. they didn't have computers, so it shouldn't have taken as long this time. there are always these glitches with any major new program. there are no excuses for them, but we'll get past this and it does help to indicate to people that this is worth enrolling in and they should try again and they will try again. >> karen, don't you think that john's point is slightly undermined because a few democrats themselves are now appearing to side with...
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year or two on the republican side is whether anybody can get rid of the obama cooties once they have them. >> so, joy, what does mr. christie need to do? does he need to become divorced in some formal way from the president of the united states? does he need to say offensive things? does he need tro perhaps introduce a few racist gibes or introduce the idea of birtherism? you laugh, but isn't that necessary? >> chris christie who was able to win in large part because he could push off the tox republican brand, 57% of the voters in the exit polls said they do not like the republican party but they separate him from it. he's going to be head of the republican governors association. he's clearly going to run for president. when he has to go to iowa, he will have to do a few things to gain credibility. look what marco rubio had to morph himself into. he had to turn against sonia sotomayor and against the dream act and every other form of immigration reform. he tried to softly jump toward immigration reform and got shellacked. she's now on the sidelines just wishing he could be chris chri
year or two on the republican side is whether anybody can get rid of the obama cooties once they have them. >> so, joy, what does mr. christie need to do? does he need to become divorced in some formal way from the president of the united states? does he need to say offensive things? does he need tro perhaps introduce a few racist gibes or introduce the idea of birtherism? you laugh, but isn't that necessary? >> chris christie who was able to win in large part because he could push...
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i have a lot of questions if it's just obama, what's going to happen after four years, but particularly you want to see a return. how big can this business be? >> fair enough. >> would you take another meeting? >> absolutely. >> give them back, she said yes. all right, good luck with anything. thank you for everything. if any of you have a product or a service and you want feedback from our elevator pitch panel on your chances of getting interested investors, send us an e-mail. the address is your business @msnbc.com. in the e-mail include a short summary of what your company does, how much you try to raise and what you intend to do with the money. you never know, somebody out there watching the show may be interested in helping you. >>> it's time now to answer some of your business questions. alexa and monica are with us once again. the first one is about changing the way you market your company. >> i do well with in person, face to face networking to grow the business. how do i translate the skills online so i can reach more clients and grow the business? >> this is interesting becaus
i have a lot of questions if it's just obama, what's going to happen after four years, but particularly you want to see a return. how big can this business be? >> fair enough. >> would you take another meeting? >> absolutely. >> give them back, she said yes. all right, good luck with anything. thank you for everything. if any of you have a product or a service and you want feedback from our elevator pitch panel on your chances of getting interested investors, send us an...
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people who have had their insurance plans canceled to keep those plans if they still exist for one year. even if the coverage is below the required minimum under the affordable care act. that will surely attract some democratic votes if president obama and democrats don't offer an alternative plan for those democrats to the support. earlier today, health and human services secretary, kathleen sebelius told reporters since october 1, 106,185 people have enrolled. 79,000 enrolled through state exchanges. and about 27,000 enrolled through that federal exchange. that has the had so many problems. that is about 21% of what the obama administration had expected to enroll before the exchanges were open. another 975,407 people have completed applications for insurance but have not yet made the purchase. many of those people are shopping for family plans. and the administration estimates that is coverage for 1.5 million people. an additional $396,261 people have signed up for medicaid. secretary sebelius insisted today enrollment under the affordable care act is comparable to early days of enrol
people who have had their insurance plans canceled to keep those plans if they still exist for one year. even if the coverage is below the required minimum under the affordable care act. that will surely attract some democratic votes if president obama and democrats don't offer an alternative plan for those democrats to the support. earlier today, health and human services secretary, kathleen sebelius told reporters since october 1, 106,185 people have enrolled. 79,000 enrolled through state...
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impeachment, before president obama had even suggested anything. steve stockman wanted to impeach him as a gun grabber. that, incidentally, is how he won his race to go back to congress this past year, too. he called his republican opponent in the primary a gun grabber. everybody's a gun grabber. president obama did introduce yesterday a very broad package of reforms to try to deal with gun violence in this country. expanded access to mental health treatment, improvements in the background checks system, resources for schools to have more armed guards on site if they want them. and yes, a renewal of the old assault weapons ban that we had for ten years before it expired in 2004. since president obama introduced those measures all of the discussion in washington has been about the viability of what he is proposing, right? renewing the assault weapons ban, that's not viable, that'll never pass. that is the chorus from washington. the nra of course says that nothing will pass. old steve stockman says i don't care if anything passes, let's impeach him
impeachment, before president obama had even suggested anything. steve stockman wanted to impeach him as a gun grabber. that, incidentally, is how he won his race to go back to congress this past year, too. he called his republican opponent in the primary a gun grabber. everybody's a gun grabber. president obama did introduce yesterday a very broad package of reforms to try to deal with gun violence in this country. expanded access to mental health treatment, improvements in the background...
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insurance may shock you -- including the fact that a preferred risk policy starts as low as $129 a year. for an agent, call the number that appears on your screen. >>> susan rice is a trusted adviser to president obama, but she has taken plenty of heat from congressional republicans. for more on the politics of this appointment and the job shuffle, chuck todd, nbc political director, chief white house correspondent and host of "the daily rundown." joins me from the hill, obviously doing a lot of reporting today. chuck, let's talk about susan rice. this was anticipated she would go for the national security council, and will take place after the summit, but then you throw samantha power into the mix at the u.n. how is the white house going to change in terms of policy, if at all? >> policywise, it will not change at all, except that it's interesting here, andrea, and i'm sure you've noticed that the president was very concerned about the how the foreign policy establishment would accept him when he first came into office. he madeç choices in tern positions that he thought would please
insurance may shock you -- including the fact that a preferred risk policy starts as low as $129 a year. for an agent, call the number that appears on your screen. >>> susan rice is a trusted adviser to president obama, but she has taken plenty of heat from congressional republicans. for more on the politics of this appointment and the job shuffle, chuck todd, nbc political director, chief white house correspondent and host of "the daily rundown." joins me from the hill,...
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what will happen after four years but particularly you want to see -- how big the this business really be? >> fair enough. >> would you take another meeting, alexa some. >> absolutely. >> monica? >> she said yes. >> all right. good luck with everything. thanks for coming on the program. >> my pleasure. >> and if any of you out there have a product or a service and you want feedback from our elevator pitch panel on your chanceness of getting interested investors, all you have to do is send us an e-mail, your business at msnbc.com. in that e-mail include a short summary of what your company does, how much you're trying to raise and what you intend to do with that money. you never know, if somebody out there watching the show may be interested in helping you. >>> time to answer some of your business questions. alexa and monica are what us once ben. the first question is about changing the way you market your company. >> i do well with in-person, face-to-face networking to grow my business. how i do translate those skills online to reach mother clients and grow. business? >> this is intere
what will happen after four years but particularly you want to see -- how big the this business really be? >> fair enough. >> would you take another meeting, alexa some. >> absolutely. >> monica? >> she said yes. >> all right. good luck with everything. thanks for coming on the program. >> my pleasure. >> and if any of you out there have a product or a service and you want feedback from our elevator pitch panel on your chanceness of getting...
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>> first of all, four years out of obama, you're most likely to a women on the tee at augusta than at a cabinet meeting at the white house. the president laid out the three cabinet picks and said these are the best three america to serve these jobs. you take somebody like chuck hagel who has already signaled to the iranians he's taken off any military strikes in the event of them having nuclear capability, that this can't be the best personality we have. anti-israel and so forth. so not only did he ignore any women in the picks, he's picked people who are not qualified. >> when you talk about anti-israel, talk about what you mean. that's been disproven, john from here to sunday. >> what happened is chuck hagel is going back and changing history. first of all, he did go back and say he does not believe the right way ever to stop iran is to have any type of military strike possibility. now, you got to pressure remember, this is the same president who already took out the russians -- he was going to be more flexible negotiating missile defense. now somebody already is tipping off the ira
>> first of all, four years out of obama, you're most likely to a women on the tee at augusta than at a cabinet meeting at the white house. the president laid out the three cabinet picks and said these are the best three america to serve these jobs. you take somebody like chuck hagel who has already signaled to the iranians he's taken off any military strikes in the event of them having nuclear capability, that this can't be the best personality we have. anti-israel and so forth. so not...
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hillary and obama's excellent adventure is coming up. and what they look for in a leader coming up next. [ male announcer ] after years of celebrations, marie callender's gives you a way to make any day a special occasion. new mini cream pies for one. real whip cream and a cookie-crumb crust. marie callender's. it's time to savor. diarrhea, gas, bloating? yes! one phillips' colon health probiotic cap each day helps defend against these digestive issues... with three strains of good bacteria. [...
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. >> the it delays obama care for one year. >> you can huff, you can puff for 21 hours, but you cannot blow the affordable care act away. >> the president says i'm not going to negotiate. well, i'm sorry, but it just doesn't work that way. >> the tea party has put them in this hole and the tea party keeps them digging deeper and deeper. >> tracie potts is live for us in washington with the latest. the clock is ticking. >> reporter: it certainly is. we're going to see some action today. the senate, as you noted, is set to vote on the budget bill, but it's a bill the house is sure to reject. democrats and republicans tried to early up today's budget vote to leave more time to negotiate, but two lawmakers objected. ted cruz, now famous for the 21-hour speech and his colleague mike lee. >> the american people are paying attention. the american people are watching this. a lot of them have expected this might occur friday or saturday. >> this is an effort to stall, and i don't know why. >> my two colleagues, who i respect, have sent out e-mails around the world and turned this into a show. >
. >> the it delays obama care for one year. >> you can huff, you can puff for 21 hours, but you cannot blow the affordable care act away. >> the president says i'm not going to negotiate. well, i'm sorry, but it just doesn't work that way. >> the tea party has put them in this hole and the tea party keeps them digging deeper and deeper. >> tracie potts is live for us in washington with the latest. the clock is ticking. >> reporter: it certainly is. we're...
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over the years ahead. but the only way it will be repealed is if we elect the republican president, we have a republican congress, and that's how you repeal it. the stunt that he is doing has nothing to do with repealing anything, has everything to do with positioning him for the 2016 presidential race. >> david axlerod as soon as i heard yesterday ted cruz had taken the floor, in, in this prearranged deal with harry reid, i knew that what we were looking at was surrender. i knew heave couldn't go out there the way a lot of senators have in the past when they're on certain crusades. and admit as you come down to the vote that well, you know i don't hatch the votes. i'm going to fry how try to bri back up the next session. a lot will go out in a gentlemanly way. it was clear he needed to go out with the big, bad exercise only rush limbaugh would fall for. >> lawrence. last week he ran afoul of his own movement in the house republicans by suggesting that the votes weren't in there in the senate to -- to defu
over the years ahead. but the only way it will be repealed is if we elect the republican president, we have a republican congress, and that's how you repeal it. the stunt that he is doing has nothing to do with repealing anything, has everything to do with positioning him for the 2016 presidential race. >> david axlerod as soon as i heard yesterday ted cruz had taken the floor, in, in this prearranged deal with harry reid, i knew that what we were looking at was surrender. i knew heave...
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equity crowd funding and look within four years, there was the jobs acts being signed by president obama. >> i have to imagine, which way it's based, a lot of the tips will be the same. a lot of the things people have done to have successful crowd funding campaigns will work for equity crowd funding as well. >> that's a really interesting point. a lot of people are saying, wow, equity crowd funding is coming out soon especially in title 2 and 3 at some point in the near future. they're saying this is a new world. to the point, we're building a lot of the practices we've learned in the last four years. when we're talking with the s.e.c. and the regulators, they're asking about best practices and how to learn from that to have the best possible evolution of the industry. >> you talked to a lot of entrepreneurs. is this interesting as a way to raise money? >> one of the things we're telling people at black enterprise is that it's very important for entrepreneurs to pay attention to the regulatory developments as this thing evolves. you already have existing players like indie go go that are
equity crowd funding and look within four years, there was the jobs acts being signed by president obama. >> i have to imagine, which way it's based, a lot of the tips will be the same. a lot of the things people have done to have successful crowd funding campaigns will work for equity crowd funding as well. >> that's a really interesting point. a lot of people are saying, wow, equity crowd funding is coming out soon especially in title 2 and 3 at some point in the near future....
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. >> it is the part of what has been going on in the house, going on in the area since barack obama has been voted in. the republican strategy from that moment on was absolutely reflexive, unyielding opposition. if that is your basic approach, if obama is for it, we're against it. if he enacts it, we'll repeal it. if that is your basic approach to government there is no let-up point. no point where you can go back to your constituents. and say okay, now we have to take a step back. the funding of this might be at stake. there is still an incredible appetite on the right for the absolutists, saying no, do whatever you need to do to take it, to get this horrible, terrible thing off the books. there is no let-up point. >> and alex, we saw them use this same energy to win back the house of representatives in the congressional election. and they have -- hopes of gaining seats in this election. they don't have that big a margin to begin with. but you can't see coming out of those town hall meetings some great surge of tea party political energy going to the polls for the congressional electio
. >> it is the part of what has been going on in the house, going on in the area since barack obama has been voted in. the republican strategy from that moment on was absolutely reflexive, unyielding opposition. if that is your basic approach, if obama is for it, we're against it. if he enacts it, we'll repeal it. if that is your basic approach to government there is no let-up point. no point where you can go back to your constituents. and say okay, now we have to take a step back. the...
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in part, obama care has been the law of the land. that shocked economists like mark zandy who thought we were going to see a rise in part-time work because of obama care. >> earlier in the year, look at gdp, looking at job creation around that 15 point threshold. it felt like the trend was toward part-time employment. >> the president's health care law is not leading to increased part-time work. >> i expected it, i really have. i just haven't seen it. >> the los angeles times today says today's job numbers pushed the law into the popular conservative name that became care has -- government numbers actually shows that the fraction of part time workers in the work force has declined since 2010. and a closer look at the data provides little evidence for the notion that the health law is driving a shift in part time work. get the zombie -- obama care has become the easy scapegoat for people to blame for things that were already happening in the economy. >> how can you say obama care isn't in part to blame for more part-timers? >> we say
in part, obama care has been the law of the land. that shocked economists like mark zandy who thought we were going to see a rise in part-time work because of obama care. >> earlier in the year, look at gdp, looking at job creation around that 15 point threshold. it felt like the trend was toward part-time employment. >> the president's health care law is not leading to increased part-time work. >> i expected it, i really have. i just haven't seen it. >> the los angeles...
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the report says that her phone may have been bugged for ten years, but that president obama says he would have stopped it if he'd known about it. white house press scare jay carney said a couple of days ago that the white house isn't doing this, uh be i can't exactly blame merkel for being skeptical. as it is, we may end up handing over our own secrets through our phones. i recently got the iphone 5s. i love it. one of my favorite things about this new edition is the fingerprint sensor that unlocks the phone. no more swiping the screen and no more pass codes that a thief can decode. your one of a kind fingerprint is your ticket to real security. well, i sort of thought that until i remembered something that i saw my guest today tweet back in september. new iphone wants your fingerprint for security. can't wait to see apple's privacy policy for the dna scan in the iphone 7. rightfully, everyone from world leaders to regular seasons have been bugging about what edward snowden has revealed. what about the information that we oh, so voluntarily and oh, so casually give up every day. joining m
the report says that her phone may have been bugged for ten years, but that president obama says he would have stopped it if he'd known about it. white house press scare jay carney said a couple of days ago that the white house isn't doing this, uh be i can't exactly blame merkel for being skeptical. as it is, we may end up handing over our own secrets through our phones. i recently got the iphone 5s. i love it. one of my favorite things about this new edition is the fingerprint sensor that...
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four more years of president barack obama. joinli i joining me now, secretary of labor. even before she was on the job, no stranger to right wing attacks. >>> now, you're stepping down and you've seen this right wing machine up close. are you going to miss this group? >> you know what, i'm going to fight even harder back home and where ever i am, i'm going to be there to support the president's agenda whether it's immigration reform or economic development in our poor communities. coal miners that are suffering and folks in the middle class that have been the target of the tea party and the republican right that doesn't seem to notice that people paf taxes. no matter what, everyone here should be paying their fair share. i don't know why these folks want to defend the very wealthy who haven't paid their fair share. we need fairness. we need a balance. and that's what this is about. i'm so happy the president got reelected and i'm happy that more voices are going to be heard now. >> i must ask you this. in october, before the election, the right came out hard and said the
four more years of president barack obama. joinli i joining me now, secretary of labor. even before she was on the job, no stranger to right wing attacks. >>> now, you're stepping down and you've seen this right wing machine up close. are you going to miss this group? >> you know what, i'm going to fight even harder back home and where ever i am, i'm going to be there to support the president's agenda whether it's immigration reform or economic development in our poor...
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. >> 28 years ago the governor of new york in a speech at yale university said "we campaign in poetry, but when we are elected we are forced to govern in prose." tonight, president obama's poetry is under attack. >> the white house finds it self under the magnifying glass. >> the website has been grilled for hours. >> is that a true statement. >> yes or no question. >> by members of the house ways and means committee. >> this is government-run health care. >> republican leadership its out with a new message. >> the problems run deeper than just the website. >> we are over the website. >> my constituents can't keep their health care plan. >> he received this cancellation letter. >> they thought they could keep. >> they are not happy. >> they did not expect to get the letters. >> we need to fix the problem. >> expanned coverage. >> keep my doctors. >> you want prices to go down. >> i would look to have lower premiums. >> both involve more government. >> pass. >> republicans are walking into a trap. >> they have branded the republican party as anti-obama care party. >> the republican par
. >> 28 years ago the governor of new york in a speech at yale university said "we campaign in poetry, but when we are elected we are forced to govern in prose." tonight, president obama's poetry is under attack. >> the white house finds it self under the magnifying glass. >> the website has been grilled for hours. >> is that a true statement. >> yes or no question. >> by members of the house ways and means committee. >> this is government-run...
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this is the official portrait of president obama from four years ago. here is the new one. sure, he doesn't look quite as young, but clearly he opted to go a much more cheerful route this time around. that's "hardball" for now. coming up next "your business" with j.j. ram burg. so now i can be in the scene. advair is clinically proven to help significantly improve lung function. unlike moscopd medications, advair contains both an anti-inflammatory and a long-acting bronchodilator working together to help improve your lung function all day. advair won't replace fast-acting inhalers for sudden symptoms and should not be used more than twice a day. people with copd taking advair may have a higher chance of pneumonia. advair may increase your risk of osteoporosis and some eye problems. tell your doctor if you have a heart condition or high blood pressure before taking advair. if you're still having difficulty breathing, ask your doctor if including advair could help improve your lung function. get your first full prescription free and save on refills at advaircopd.com. nothing.
this is the official portrait of president obama from four years ago. here is the new one. sure, he doesn't look quite as young, but clearly he opted to go a much more cheerful route this time around. that's "hardball" for now. coming up next "your business" with j.j. ram burg. so now i can be in the scene. advair is clinically proven to help significantly improve lung function. unlike moscopd medications, advair contains both an anti-inflammatory and a long-acting...
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this is the official portrait of president obama from four years ago. here is the new one. sure, he doesn't look quite as young, but clearly he opted to go a much more cheerful route this time around. that's "hardball" for now. they adapt at the waist, legs and bottom, with up to 12 hours of protection for our driest, best fitting diaper pampers. for our driest, best fitting diaper excuse me, sir i'm gonna have to ask you to power down your little word game. i think your friends will understand. oh no, it's actually my geico app...see? ...i just uh paid my bill. did you really? from the plane? yeah, i can manage my policy, get roadside assistance, pretty much access geico 24/7. sounds a little too good to be true sir. i'll believe that when pigs fly. ok, did she seriously just say that? geico. just click away with our free mobile app.
this is the official portrait of president obama from four years ago. here is the new one. sure, he doesn't look quite as young, but clearly he opted to go a much more cheerful route this time around. that's "hardball" for now. they adapt at the waist, legs and bottom, with up to 12 hours of protection for our driest, best fitting diaper pampers. for our driest, best fitting diaper excuse me, sir i'm gonna have to ask you to power down your little word game. i think your friends will...
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. >>> four years ago president obama said -- >> on this day we gather because we've chosen hope over fear. unity of purpose over conflict and discord. on the day, we come to proclaim an end to the petty grievances and false promises the recriminations and worn-out dogmas that for far too long have strangled our politics. >> and any notion that an obama administration would bring about an end to dogma or discord quickly evaporated during the first of the presidency and seemed positively quaint after republicans resumed control of the house. the lessons learned by the administration in the first four years have made the president a very different leader. far less conciliatory in to be and arguably in substance. in the central message of 2008 to change the way the ligs does. he characterized the messy political process as something not to overcome, but rather to embrace. >> democracy in a nation of 300 million can be noisy and messy and complicated. we have our own opinions. each of us has deeply-held beliefs. and when weo through tough times, when we make big decisions as a country, it
. >>> four years ago president obama said -- >> on this day we gather because we've chosen hope over fear. unity of purpose over conflict and discord. on the day, we come to proclaim an end to the petty grievances and false promises the recriminations and worn-out dogmas that for far too long have strangled our politics. >> and any notion that an obama administration would bring about an end to dogma or discord quickly evaporated during the first of the presidency and...
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he chose barack obama a then unknown 42-year-old senate candidate to give the key note address the most important address at the democratic national convention. barack obama hukan't get the credentials to get into the last convention made that speech. we had seen the person who could be the first african-american president without that speech, it is very hard almost impossible to imagine barack obama launching a campaign three years later. today barack obama made this happen. >> i know there is a lot of ground to cover. i look forward to that dialogue. >> john kerry's place to history is almost already assured. his contribution occurred at that seat 42 years ago. long before he actually ran for senate he testified to the foreign relations committee as a leader of vietnam veterans against the war. he was decorated in saving the lives of men who came forward to tell their stories, but he saved many more lives than that. he saved thousands and thousands of lives when he testified on april 22nd, 1971, 56,000 american soldiers had been killed in vietnam. in each of the years he was in vietna
he chose barack obama a then unknown 42-year-old senate candidate to give the key note address the most important address at the democratic national convention. barack obama hukan't get the credentials to get into the last convention made that speech. we had seen the person who could be the first african-american president without that speech, it is very hard almost impossible to imagine barack obama launching a campaign three years later. today barack obama made this happen. >> i know...
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. >> when chuck todd asked president obama last night if he had full confidence in sebelius, this was his answer. >> i think kathleen sebelius under tremendously difficult circumstances over the last four and a half years has done a great job in setting up the insurance markets. >> is she still the right person to do it? >> ultimately the buck stops with me. i'm the president. this is my team. if it's not working, it's my job to get it fixed. >> joining me now, msnbc political director and chief white house correspondent chuck todd, msnbc political analyst and former rnc chair, michael steele, and democratic strategist kiki mclean. chuck, great interview, let's start with you. during that interview that you had with the president yesterday, completing this trifecta from the white house, speaker boehner says an apology is in order but what americans want to hear is that the president is going to keep his promise. republicans ask what does somebody have to do to get fired around here. ten republican senators have asked president obama to fire secretary sebelius. what's your thought here
. >> when chuck todd asked president obama last night if he had full confidence in sebelius, this was his answer. >> i think kathleen sebelius under tremendously difficult circumstances over the last four and a half years has done a great job in setting up the insurance markets. >> is she still the right person to do it? >> ultimately the buck stops with me. i'm the president. this is my team. if it's not working, it's my job to get it fixed. >> joining me now,...
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. >>> new today, a rather harsh assessment of president obama and what to expect in the next four years. it comes from one of the house republican leaders. >> as the president implements his agenda, the results will fall short of the rhetoric and they won't be pretty. we will have tepid growth in deficits, health care price controls in rationing. >> this is coming as some republicans are calling for a reassessment of the party message. joining me is former pennsylvania governor etd rendell and ohio secretary of state ken blackwell who is a senior fellow. start with you, mr. blarks what does this sound like to you, a good start to doing this reassessment some of the things we are hearing from paul ryan. >> we ought to understand that we don't have one foot in the grave as a party. we had 30 governors out of 50. we have republican control of both houses of the legislature in 25 states. we are a party in full blossom at the state level. the issue for us is how do we start to collect a message at the national level that is attractive to blocks of voters we are using in too great of a number
. >>> new today, a rather harsh assessment of president obama and what to expect in the next four years. it comes from one of the house republican leaders. >> as the president implements his agenda, the results will fall short of the rhetoric and they won't be pretty. we will have tepid growth in deficits, health care price controls in rationing. >> this is coming as some republicans are calling for a reassessment of the party message. joining me is former pennsylvania...
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. >>> on march 23rd of last year, president obama weighed in publicly on the killing of trayvon martin for the first time. if there was any question of just how big this story was, given that it was an isolated incident in florida, the question made clear that this was a national story. >> my main message is to the parents of trayvon martin. you know, if i had a son, he'd look like trayvon. you know, i think they are right to expect that all of us as americans are going to take this with the seriousness it deserves and that we're going to get to the bottom of exactly what happened. >> you're wearing your shirt that said i am trayvon martin. if the president had a son, he said he would look like trayvon martin. >> that was one of the most powerful moments in office. during that time we were marching, gorge still wasn't arrested on march 23rd when the president said that in the rose garden, we were marching, exercising our first amendment rights to petition our government peacefully. however, i would say this. as we continue to be peaceful, let us not roll over and not continue to fight
. >>> on march 23rd of last year, president obama weighed in publicly on the killing of trayvon martin for the first time. if there was any question of just how big this story was, given that it was an isolated incident in florida, the question made clear that this was a national story. >> my main message is to the parents of trayvon martin. you know, if i had a son, he'd look like trayvon. you know, i think they are right to expect that all of us as americans are going to take...
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>> halloween is coming early this year, chris. >> the big, bad president obama out there. it gets profound about the vision of the right vis-a-vis government. gets back to the famous keep your government hand off my medicare. which is we hate government in the abstract. want to shut it down. oh, wow it looks all these things we kind of like. >> literally half of all americans benefit from the programs. that some don't mind that we lose. so if you look at one program, which i think is critically important. i tweeted on the way over here i was cooking dinner for my kids. there are so many families afraid they went have baby formula for their babies. so if you are one of the 9 million women in this country who receive supplemental wic benefits, women and infants, which is literally a program for mothers or pregnant women and their young children, 5 years old or younger. these are, the best, you talked about the faa. there is actually a woman, 22, who was furloughed and she relies on these programs, $200 a month, because her federal pay is so long. >> an employee also. >> doub
>> halloween is coming early this year, chris. >> the big, bad president obama out there. it gets profound about the vision of the right vis-a-vis government. gets back to the famous keep your government hand off my medicare. which is we hate government in the abstract. want to shut it down. oh, wow it looks all these things we kind of like. >> literally half of all americans benefit from the programs. that some don't mind that we lose. so if you look at one program, which i...
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some of the excitement about barack obama was the prospect of making a clean start, after years of getting dragged into the clinton messes. a conversation where they seemed to be offering a wet kiss to one another. your column this weekend, you sort of identify some of the dangers of a clinton restoration project. what exactly do you mean? >> you know, one of the things i put in the sunday piece was if she was as formidable a politician as everybody seems to think, i mean, people are practically making her president, she should have won the 2008 contest against barack obama. and she did not for a number of reasons, including a campaign that simply wasn't up to speed in a lot of technical ways. the other was she now has to i think escape the shadows of two presidencies. both her husband's and barack obama presidency. she has to come forward, if she decides to run, with a campaign message and a fresh start that she didn't have in the last one. >> it seems like republicans have their minds made up that they're going to be competing with hillary for the next several years from now. how do they
some of the excitement about barack obama was the prospect of making a clean start, after years of getting dragged into the clinton messes. a conversation where they seemed to be offering a wet kiss to one another. your column this weekend, you sort of identify some of the dangers of a clinton restoration project. what exactly do you mean? >> you know, one of the things i put in the sunday piece was if she was as formidable a politician as everybody seems to think, i mean, people are...
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that was all done in two years by the congress that was elected at the same time as president obama. but then in the midterms, republicans did really, really well and they took control of the house and john boehner became the speaker of the house instead of nancy pelosi. since then not a single significant piece of legislation has been enacted into law. not one. republicans won the elections in 2010 and got control of the house, right, and they were sworn in in january 2011. since then, zero legislative accomplishment. and that is because they have been otherwise occupied. after getting sworn in in january, by april, they threatened to shut down the government. by july, the republicans forced the first ever debts ceiling crisis in american history. by september they were threatening another government shut down. by april the next year more threats from republicans of another government shut down. by december, republicans were pushing us over the fiscal cliff. by january, republicans were talking about forcing another crisis before they backed down, but now they have caused a governme
that was all done in two years by the congress that was elected at the same time as president obama. but then in the midterms, republicans did really, really well and they took control of the house and john boehner became the speaker of the house instead of nancy pelosi. since then not a single significant piece of legislation has been enacted into law. not one. republicans won the elections in 2010 and got control of the house, right, and they were sworn in in january 2011. since then, zero...
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so it is kind of obama's fault. of course, the simpler explanation is not that obama planned all this. but the reason they have been taking moderate positions they have taken for years now, those just may be the positions. if the republican party can't agree to them or come up with popular ideas of their own, the problem may be within the republican party, not at 1600 pennsylvania avenue. barack obama is the president of the united states. he is a very powerful man, responsible for many things. but he is not why most republicans have taken a pledge, saying they will never raise a dollar in taxes no matter what the budget deficit looks like. he is not why they decided to put the whole u.s. economy at risk if they don't get their way on spending cuts. he is not why the white house partnered with gun legislation, no matter how small, is tantamount to taking away guns, he is not why extreme movements like extreme ideas like going back to a gold standard in the middle of an economic crisis have taken root on the right. t
so it is kind of obama's fault. of course, the simpler explanation is not that obama planned all this. but the reason they have been taking moderate positions they have taken for years now, those just may be the positions. if the republican party can't agree to them or come up with popular ideas of their own, the problem may be within the republican party, not at 1600 pennsylvania avenue. barack obama is the president of the united states. he is a very powerful man, responsible for many things....
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we're told that it includes a one-year delay obama care, keystone pipeline, paul ryan's tax plan, more offshore drilling, more greenhouse gases. i mean, many folks have pointed out that this is essentially mitt romney's economic plan. don't republicans realize they lost the election? >> i have heard that they tried to put essentially the entire republican platform that failed at the ballot in the presidential election and stuff it onto the debt limit and when they try to do that, they still couldn't get their caucus agreed. so they are in a complete state of turmoil over on the house side. the speaker is contributing to that by refusing to exert any discipline over the right swing tea party extremists who at this point are pulling our country off the economic cliff. >> well, we'll be watching this one. and mr. boehner showing no guts, i'm not sure we should call him the speaker. maybe the whisperer because it seems he's afraid to speak out and use his gavel for anything. thank you for your time tonight. >> thank you, reverend. >>> coming up, president obama calls the billionaires out b
we're told that it includes a one-year delay obama care, keystone pipeline, paul ryan's tax plan, more offshore drilling, more greenhouse gases. i mean, many folks have pointed out that this is essentially mitt romney's economic plan. don't republicans realize they lost the election? >> i have heard that they tried to put essentially the entire republican platform that failed at the ballot in the presidential election and stuff it onto the debt limit and when they try to do that, they...
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they would want to rehe peel -- or delay obama care for one year. pwaoeb the keystone pipeline. i think republican leadership has been urging members to hold fire until the debt ceiling file it's hard to believe it could get any bigger, this battle. but i think we'll see it get better. >> the president described the situation to workers at a ford plant on friday. >> they're focused on politics. they're focused on trying to mess with me. they're not focused on you. >> is this all just politics, or do republicans believe they are fighting a legitimate battle here on behalf of the american people? >> you know, if republicans were just doing what they thought was the most political advantageous thing, they wouldn't be potentially risking a shutdown. the polls show that's not broadly popular with the american people. it may be popular with the republican base. we just had a poll that showed only 27% of people say there should be a government shutdown if the budget includes funding for obama care. i thought the president's comments were interesting. he's hit republicans for playing po
they would want to rehe peel -- or delay obama care for one year. pwaoeb the keystone pipeline. i think republican leadership has been urging members to hold fire until the debt ceiling file it's hard to believe it could get any bigger, this battle. but i think we'll see it get better. >> the president described the situation to workers at a ford plant on friday. >> they're focused on politics. they're focused on trying to mess with me. they're not focused on you. >> is this...
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so you know, this may not be around next year? >> i think there was awareness among everyone who follow this is very closely, what was going to happen in 2014. but i think the afternoon person took president obama's promise to mean a plan that was in effect for those regulations kicked in on january 1, 2014, that i would be able to keep my plan, and my physician network as is. >> that is an answer to a different question. i think you're right about why people are angry, the question is, should the insurer, who's selling you a plan, they know the provision of which is contingent upon a regulatory process, they are following very closely, shouldn't they tell you, hey, buddy check it out, we're going to sell you this, but we're going to be there. >> we should mandate that every american read my blog. i think the more important thing is, look, i think if people's plans were being cancelled and they were being replaced by aca plans that were truly better and truly more affordable, i think this wouldn't be the issue. for a lot of the pe
so you know, this may not be around next year? >> i think there was awareness among everyone who follow this is very closely, what was going to happen in 2014. but i think the afternoon person took president obama's promise to mean a plan that was in effect for those regulations kicked in on january 1, 2014, that i would be able to keep my plan, and my physician network as is. >> that is an answer to a different question. i think you're right about why people are angry, the question...
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president trying to calm frustrations among americans who want obama care while also trying to calm fears within his own party. are democrats in disarray? >>> i was surprised that what i had done for 49 years was not sufficient to vote at this time. >> and blocking the woman vote. a new texas voter id law presenting a serious challenge for women, especially who are heading to the polls. one elected official ran into major roadblocks in her own courthouse. i'm going to talk to judge sandra watts life. >>> this was a little shocking to me that i couldn't remember my daughter playing youth soccer. >> hard hitting, retired quarterback brett favre, just the latest player to admit that he's got some serious health problems now. what does all of this mean for younger players? >>> it wasn't going to be our typical nor'easter or typical brush with a hurricane. this was going to be a worst case scenario, something we'd always heard about for years and years. >> plus, hurricane sandy, one trying and tiring year later. now a film is helping storm-battered survivors move forward. >>> we start ri
president trying to calm frustrations among americans who want obama care while also trying to calm fears within his own party. are democrats in disarray? >>> i was surprised that what i had done for 49 years was not sufficient to vote at this time. >> and blocking the woman vote. a new texas voter id law presenting a serious challenge for women, especially who are heading to the polls. one elected official ran into major roadblocks in her own courthouse. i'm going to talk to...
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the obama administration claims it missed the february 4th deadline because of uncertainty caused by the fiscal cliff talks, house republicans though are blaming it on a lack of leadership in the oval office. >> president obama missed a great opportunity today to help our economy. this was supposed to be the day that the president submitted his budget to the congress. but it's not coming. it's going to be late. and some reports say that it could be as long as a month late. i think that's too bad. our economy could use some presidential leadership right now. >> all right, not just speaker boehner had the budget committee chairman, paul ryan says he's disappointed but not surprised. he notes the president has failed to submit his budget on time now in four out of the last five years. the white house hasn't been willing to say so far when the budgets will come out. tomorrow the house is going to vote on a bill that calls on the president to present a plan that will ultimately balance the budget. >>> president obama's pressing forward on two other issues he put front and center so far. i
the obama administration claims it missed the february 4th deadline because of uncertainty caused by the fiscal cliff talks, house republicans though are blaming it on a lack of leadership in the oval office. >> president obama missed a great opportunity today to help our economy. this was supposed to be the day that the president submitted his budget to the congress. but it's not coming. it's going to be late. and some reports say that it could be as long as a month late. i think that's...
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we're learning more on a different time scale. 15, 20 years ago, there were no drone strikes. 10 years ago, there were no drone strikes. this is uniquely for president obama and president bush, the only two presidents that have had to deal with this. we have to believe in our commander in chief and our military. that's the question being discussed. do we believe in them to give them the realtime decisions? you can't run these operations by committee. we've got to target imminent danger, but we've got to check back with a committee back home. you have to depend on your military to make those decisions in realtime. >> a new york times article says you touch it, you don't own it policy on syria. the same can be said about his drone policy. as long as there aren't boots on the ground, it's your war. that's the quote there. is there sort of an iraq hangover here? is that why it gets democratic support? >> you've got john brennan as the appointee. and brennan's policies on the drones is one of give us control. i think that's why democrats are sort of hesitating about do we criticize? do we l
we're learning more on a different time scale. 15, 20 years ago, there were no drone strikes. 10 years ago, there were no drone strikes. this is uniquely for president obama and president bush, the only two presidents that have had to deal with this. we have to believe in our commander in chief and our military. that's the question being discussed. do we believe in them to give them the realtime decisions? you can't run these operations by committee. we've got to target imminent danger, but...